Cesar Harada: How I teach kids to love science
Cezar Harada (Cesar Harada): Kako učim decu da vole nauku
TED Senior Fellow Cesar Harada aims to harness the forces of nature as he invents innovative remedies for man-made problems like oil spills and radioactive leaks. Full bio
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my parents would tell me,
roditelji su mi govorili:
but you have to clean up after yourself."
ali moraš da počistiš za sobom."
to all these wonderful places,
na sva ta divna mesta,
pod zlatnim zvonom nevinosti -
pod zlatnim zvonom neznanja
to protect us from the ugly truth.
nas zaštitili od neprijatne istine.
that adults make a mess,
da odrasli prave nered
at cleaning up after themselves.
u čišćenju za sobom.
at the Hong Kong Harbour School.
u školi "Harbor" u Hong Kongu.
and stumble upon piles of trash.
nalete na hrpe smeća.
we clean up the beaches --
and if he is, I did not give it to him.
a ako pije, ja mu to nisam dao.
of the oceans have plastic in them.
okeana sadrži plastiku.
and those big nets,
i tim velikim mrežama
that we look at under a microscope,
koje smo posmatrali pod mikroskopom
it's very expensive,
to take those big boats out.
isplovljavati tim velikim brodovima.
uzrasta od šest do 15 godina,
of inventing a better way.
Hong Kong classroom into a workshop.
učionicu u Hong Kongu u radionicu.
this small workbench,
ovu malu radnu tezgu,
so even really short kids can participate.
i veoma niska deca mogu da učestvuju.
are awesome and safe.
električnim alatima su strava i bezbedna.
to the size we find it in the ocean,
do razmera koje nalazimo u okeanu,
because it breaks down.
of my students run wild.
the best of each kid's idea
najbolje iz svake dečje ideje
that hopefully would work.
što će, nadam se, da funkcioniše.
that instead of collecting plastic bits,
umesto sakupljanja plastičnih komadića,
of the plastic with a robot --
we do what we call "rapid prototyping."
nazivamo to "brzim prototipom".
when we're hacking it.
dok ga sastavljamo.
into plumbing fixtures
u vodovodno instalacijska učvršćenja
that will be slowly moving through water
koji će se sporo kretati po vodi
that we have there --
that we get in the robot.
floating slowly through the sensor,
kako sporo plutaju kroz senzor,
will process this image,
će da obradi ovu sliku
of how much plastic there is in the water.
o količini plastike u vodi.
this invention step by step
izrade ovog izuma dokumentovali
called Instructables,
koji se zove Instructables,
would make it even better.
was that the students saw a local problem,
što su đaci prepoznali lokalni problem
to immediately address it.
are hyperconnected kids.
su izuzetno umrežena deca.
they watch the Internet,
cleaning up an oil spill bare-handed,
čisti naftnu mrlju, golih ruku,
largest mangrove forest in Bangladesh.
nalazi najveća šuma mangrovine na svetu.
this is the water they bathe in,
voda u kojoj se kupaju,
this is the place where they live.
ovo je mesto na kome žive.
the mud is brown and oil is brown,
mulj je smeđ i nafta je smeđa,
what's in the water.
that's rather simple,
veoma jednostavna tehnologija,
of a spectrometer,
grubi prototip spektometra,
through different substances
identify what's in the water.
da otkrijete šta je u vodi.
a local problem,
bavljenja lokalnim problemom
and their sense of being creative
i osećajem kreativnosti,
by doing the second experiments,
da izvodim nove eksperimente
and it's also closer to my heart.
koji je pritom meni blizak.
there was a massive earthquake in Japan.
desio razoran zemljotres u Japanu.
several giant waves --
nekoliko ogromnih talasa -
on the eastern coast of Japan.
na istočnoj obali Japana.
died in an instant.
power plant of Fukushima,
nuklearnu elektranu u Fukušimi,
into the Pacific Ocean.
has traces of contamination of cesium-137.
imamo tragove zagađenosti cezijumom-137.
you can measure Fukushima everywhere.
možete svuda da izmerite Fukušimu.
it can look like most of the radioactivity
da je radioaktivnost uglavnom
from the Japanese coast,
it looks like it's safe, it's blue.
izgleda bezbedno, plavo.
more complicated than this.
malčice složenija od toga.
every year since the accident,
svake godine od nesreće
and with other scientists,
the parents wouldn't allow that to happen.
roditelji to ne bi dozvolili.
to "Mission Control" --
"Kontrolnoj misiji" -
the work seriously, but they really did
ozbiljno shvatili posao, ali zaista jesu
with radioactivity their whole life.
čitav svoj život.
we collected that day,
koje smo tog dana sakupili
we should be going next --
a very rough topographical map
napravili smo grubu topografsku kartu
the nuclear power plant.
real-time data for radioactivity,
realne podatke o radioaktivnosti
to simulate the rainfall.
da bi simulirali kišu.
that the radioactive dust
kako se radioaktivna prašina
into the river system,
we organized this expedition,
organizovali smo ekspediciju,
to the nuclear power plant.
najbliže što je ijedan civil ikad bio.
from the nuclear power plant,
od nuklearne elektrane
we've invented and built.
koji smo izumili i sagradili.
to hundreds of small bags
of the seabed radioactivity,
radioaktivnosti morskog dna,
where the fish will reproduce,
gde se ribe razmnožavaju
and of your favorite sushi.
i vašeg omiljenog sušija.
to a remote problem to a global problem.
preko udaljenog problema do globalnog.
to work at these different scales,
raditi na ovim različitim razmerama,
open-source technologies.
dostupne svima.
it's been increasingly frustrating
sve više uznemiravalo
the damage that we have done.
štetu koju smo uzrokovali.
to try to solve the problems.
da pokušavamo da rešimo probleme.
if we should just take a leap
prosto trebali da se hitnemo
to do all these things.
da radimo sve ovo.
started to feel a little bit small,
postajala sve tešnja,
site in Hong Kong,
industrijsko gradilište u Hong Kongu
the largest mega-space
and environmental impact.
i ekološki uticaj.
with wood, metal, chemistry,
da radimo s drvetom, metalom, hemijom,
pretty much everything there.
možete da napravite skoro sve.
adults and kids can play together.
i deca mogu zajedno da igraju.
kids' dreams can come true,
dečji snovi ostvaruju,
questions such as,
na obnovljivu energiju?
with renewable energy?
of the aging population
kretanje starijih ljudi,
into cool, electric vehicles?
u strava, električna vozila?
are horrible, horrible legacies,
su grozna, grozna zaveštanja,
that we can leave our children is lies.
da ostavimo našoj deci su laži.
to shield the kids from the ugly truth
da štitimo decu od neprijatne istine
to invent the solutions.
da izumimo rešenja.
the environment and people,
do something about it.
da nešto urade povodom toga.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Cesar Harada - Inventor, environmentalist, educatorTED Senior Fellow Cesar Harada aims to harness the forces of nature as he invents innovative remedies for man-made problems like oil spills and radioactive leaks.
Why you should listen
Cesar Harada believes that ocean currents, the wind and other naturally occuring phenomenon can provide unique inspiration and novel solutions to mankind’s worst disasters, like oil spills and radioactive leaks. A French-Japanese inventor and TED senior fellow, he is the creator of Protei, a revolutionary sailing technology -- featuring a front rudder, flexible hull and open-soure hardware -- that allows for efficient clean up of both oil and plastics from the sea. Currently based in London, Harada recently traveled to Japan and is designing Protei to measure radioactivity along the country's coast.
The general coordinator of the future International Ocean Station, Harada teaches at Goldsmiths University London. A former project leader at MIT, he graduated form the Royal College of Arts Design Interactions in London and worked at the Southampton University Hydrodynamics laboratory on wave energy. Harada has also studied animantion, and his films and installations have been seen at festivals and events across the world, from the United States to Japan.
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